Systems and Methods for Personality Based Firmware Updates

5. The IHS of claim 3, wherein the firmware instructions for core operations of the first hardware component comprise firmware instructions implementing I/O capabilities of the first hardware component.

6. The IHS of claim 3, wherein the firmware instructions for core operations of the first hardware component comprise firmware instructions implementing security operations by the first hardware component.

8. The IHS of claim 7, wherein the first hardware component comprise a network controller, and wherein the manual configuration of the IHS by the administrator comprises a configuration of a communication protocol used by the network controller, and wherein the notification provided to the administrator comprises a user interface notification informing the administrator of locally stored firmware by the network controller that supports operation according to the configured communication protocol.

9. The IHS of claim 7, wherein the first hardware component comprise an SSD, and wherein the manual configuration of the IHS by the administrator comprises a configuration of security protocols employed by the SSD, and wherein the notification provided to the administrator comprises a user interface notification informing the administrator of locally stored firmware by the SSD that supports the configured security protocols.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the firmware instructions for core operations of the hardware component comprise firmware instructions implementing I/O capabilities of the hardware component.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the firmware instructions for core operations of the hardware component comprise firmware instructions implementing I/O capabilities of the hardware component.